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It’s Emmy time! Voting members of the Academy of Televivion Arts and Sciences are now perusing the ballots of eligible shows and performers as they select this year’s crop of nominees. Melissa McCarthy and Joshua Jackson will unveil the official nominees on July 14.

Until then, why not wildly specualte about who will be snubbed, who will be honored and in what new ways the Academy will infuriate us?

The biggest disappointment when Emmy nominations were announced last year? John Noble’s lack of nomination in the supporting actor category for his wonderful, quirky work on “Fringe.”

As Walter Bishop, a pioneer of “fringe science” who spent the past few decades in a mental hospital, Noble brings a sparkle and fire to a show that can occasionally be bleak and dreary. As Walter helps FBI Agent Dunham (Anna Torv) and his son, Peter (Joshua Jackson), tackle stranges cases of the week, we get glimpses into Walter’s sometime sinister past (experimenting on children) while delighting in his post-hospital child-like wonderment (his obsession for learning the secret ingredients in his favorite milkshake).

But if Emmy voters still aren’t convinced Noble is worthy of nomination, they need to tune in this Thursday.… Read More »